[Tallguy]

The PLAN doesn’t need carriers to take Taiwan. Taiwan is in range of land-based aviation from the mainland. What they do need are helicopter-equipped amphibs — and lots of them — because there aren’t many beaches suitable for landing large contingents of troops.

Carriers have their uses, but for China taking Taiwan doesn’t require them.

[John S Mosby]

And all those helo’s and STOLs..... nice slow targets.

Aussies are on the edge, seriously pissed off— and at their mining magnate a-hole whom they may remove from the country— he keeps kissing his rice bowl chi-com’s a@@es. ANZACs!

The Japanese-— are re-focusing on the chi-com efforts to duplicate the 1930’s Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere— nationalism on the rise. Aside from the yen, they hate the chi-coms.

[Zhang Fei]

[The PLAN doesn’t need carriers to take Taiwan. Taiwan is in range of land-based aviation from the mainland. What they do need are helicopter-equipped amphibs — and lots of them — because there aren’t many beaches suitable for landing large contingents of troops.

Carriers have their uses, but for China taking Taiwan doesn’t require them.]

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China needs ships and aircraft to mount a blockade of Taiwan such that supplies cannot reach it while an invasion is under way. Aircraft carriers and subs would seem to fit that bill.

[cookcounty]

The Taiwan Strait is nicknamed the “Black Ditch,” High winds, rough seas, 3-6 Typhoons a year, over 100 miles from the mainland. Very tough for CCP to take it back with a conventional invasion. Now a blockade? That could be a very big deal. Would the US do anything about it other than some sanctions and finger-wagging? Probably not, especially not if Biden and gang get into the WH.

[JimRed]

Even a small carrier could conceal and transport thousands of troops. Landing them would be another matter.